I have tried to format non-numbered items in FrameMaker. They
look fine in Frame but when I import to RH they become completely
skewed. The html files generated by RH envelope these non-numbered
list items, along with the items of the numbered list, in an
<ol></ol> tag. RH treats all the text inside a series
of numbered list items as part of that <ol>, even when those
items are not numbered themselves.

RH retains the original (FrameMaker) formatting as long as
the non-numbered items do not fall within a numbered series.

Can anyone suggest a fix for this?

I am especially interested in fixes that do not involve
having to go into the html itself. I'd like something that would
allow me to do the integration and mapping of styles from Frame to
RH.

I've found that one of the only ways to fix this problem
permanently is to move the closing css code </ol> to the end
of the numbered list, thereby enveloping all the indented
paragraphs. This is done with the topic displayed in html mode.

When (if) you do this, be sure to click the save changes to
html in the style sheet of the topic(s).

Maryann. I was able to get the formatting really close to
what i need in the output. there were just these small glitches. I
found that using the Convert AutoNumber to HTML Lis actually helped
me. The thing is, you have to embrace its way of dealing with the
control. It wants to format bullets and number sits way... If you
let it do that and then finesses your way around it, you get pretty
decent results.

grammatophile, how does Convert AutoNumber to HTML List help
you?
It must be something, since so many people seem to be trying
so hard to make it work (including me!)

I finally gave up (since the AutoNumber text from FM was so
important in our applications), and then wondered why I had tried
so hard to use the function in the first place. I designed my own
css styles that look just fine, and map my FM list para styles to
them.

Maryann, I use it to format the text so that when you resize
the Help window, the numbered and bulleted text wraps correctly
indented. When I removed the autonumber feature, this text was
wrapping so that it lined up with the number itself in the left
margin . Now, I get it to line up indented--as most numbered text
does (except in the FM User Guide, strangely enough).

"When I removed the autonumber feature, this text was
wrapping so that it lined up with the number itself in the left
margin ."

Hmm, I've removed the autonumber feature, and my the text in
my steps still indents correctly when the help window is made
really small...
It must be something in how your css is defined for your
steps.